Thank God, this is wonderful news! Finally, we can harness the power of 40 parked cars to transport people.
/s, if it's needed
this post was submitted on 26 May 2026
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Medford is both the hottest place and coldest place I've ever been to, they have a lovely 3 days in the spring and fall though.
Good old methford.
Three lanes of traffic thundering by is something I really enjoy experiencing when I’m visiting shops in the downtown area. The experience of reversing out of angled parking back into traffic is essential for me to consider shopping there!
It’s unfortunate.
So what I'm hearing is someone needs to start painting a bike lane across the lanes, placing large bike lane stickers on every car, and the start smashing headlights and windows.
It's fair, they destroyed something someone else relies on. Any destruction of mobility for disabled or less motive people is a personal attack on them, and deserving of defense.
Fun anecdote: my ow. City removed a bike lane only to add it back two years later. Cars that parked along the road where the lane was would often be vandalized, sometimes with a bike lane indicator drawnon the car. I don't think anyone ever caught the people doing it, but enough people were pushing for returning the lane (and someone on city council wanting more bike lanes) but it finally came back, unprotected and needing to "share the road" for anyone who just feels like driving in the lane meant for busses to pick people up.
Many people only learn when something bad happens to them. Poor empathy and primitive moral reasoning.
As usual, there is more to the story. Traffic control in downtown Medford has gotten to the point where many, including me, now actively avoid it. It is not just the parking situation, but narrow lanes, traffic cameras, 20 MPH speed limit...none of this is good for the restaurants and other businesses downtown.
That is ... good? A downtown people want to be in is not one made for driving.
Stop fucking driving through it. Ride a bike.
That's part of making a walkable city.